When it occurred on April 19. 1995. the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City was the most devastating terrorist attack ever committed on American soil. The carnage was stunning. The blast destroyed or severely damaged 324 buildings within a 16-block radius. Worse, it killed 168 people - including 19 children - and injured nearly 700 more. The terrorists had crammed nearly 5,000 pounds of fertilizer, chemicals and diesel fuel into a rented box truck, which they parked outside the federal building. When the bomb detonated, it caved in one-third of the 9-story building and created a crater that measured 30 feet in diameter and eight feet deep. Hundreds of people were buried in the enormous pile of rubble, which consisted largely of reinforced concrete. Many of them had been injured by shattered glass.
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机译：1995年4月19日，炸弹袭击发生在俄克拉荷马市市中心，炸毁了阿尔弗雷德·P·穆拉（Alfred P. Murrah）联邦大楼，这是有史以来对美国领土造成的最具破坏性的恐怖袭击。屠杀是惊人的。爆炸在16个街区半径内摧毁或严重破坏了324栋建筑物。更糟的是，它杀死了168人，其中包括19名儿童，并使另外700多人受伤。恐怖分子将近5,000磅的化肥，化学药品和柴油塞入一辆租来的棚车中，然后停在联邦大楼外。炸弹爆炸时，它在9层高的建筑物的三分之一处塌陷，形成了直径30英尺，深8英尺的弹坑。数百人被埋在巨大的瓦砾堆中，瓦砾主要由钢筋混凝土组成。他们中的许多人都被碎玻璃弄伤了。
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